GLOBALISATON: Changing diets in Asia Flashcards
how has cultural diffusion affected diets in Asia?
during the 1990s, china’s annual meat consumption per capita increased from 5 to 50kg due to higher meat consumption of the emerging middle class
what are the environmental impacts of changing diets in Asia?
A fast-food, consumer culture is also very wasteful in terms of resources such as discarded fast food packaging and fashion items worn only once or twice. This can be linked to deforestation and excessive water use in industry, as well as air and water pollution, having impacts on a local and global scale.
Livestock farming became new focus of Asian agriculture which caused steep rise in emissions.
Importing crops from across the world to feed farm animals.
China’s food demands will continue to grow as more people escape poverty.
Chinese government has embarked on a programme of land acquisition in poorer countries
what are the social impacts of changing diets in Asia?
The spread of a western diet (high fat, high sugar, fast food based) is changing diets around the world, especially in Asian cities, with the spread of McDonald’s, KFC and other fast food. This has been linked to rising obesity and diabetes in many emerging countries.
By 2015, China became the world’s biggest market for processed food
